dilaberentur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dilabor, dilabi, dilapsus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
run/flow/slip away, spread (liquids); dissolve/melt away, disperse (clouds);; fall apart/to pieces; disintegrate; break down (body), collapse/decay/perish;; flee/escape; scatter, fall into confusion; be lost; go to ruin; pass (time);
pl. imperf. subj. 3rd
Examples
Lysander
Cornelius Nepos
"...nisi in eo occultasset voluntatem, futurum, ut Thasii dilaberentur consulerentque rebus suis *** Itaque hi decemviralem illam potestatem..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...longaeque uiae—ut est mollis ad talia gens—dilaberentur aut subsisterent, cohibentem. primi, qua modo praeirent duces..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vallo quidem ac fossis freti dilaberentur in oppida, situ urbium moenibusque se defensuri. Postremo oppida quoque vi expugnare..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...extremo iam die sua quisque in tentoria dilaberentur. profectus eadem nocte Flavianus obviis Vespasiani litteris discrimini exemptus..."